| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | |
7:34,71 | |
| 2 | Paul Bitok | KEN | |
7:38,84 | |
| 3 | Ismaïl Sghyr | MAR | |
7:40,01 | |
| 4 | Gennaro di Napoli | ITA | 7:41,05 | NR | |
| 5 | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | 7:41,87 | ||
| 6 | John Mayock | GBR | 7:44,31 | ||
| 7 | Fita Bayisa | ETH | 7:49,47 | ||
| 8 | El Hassan Lahssini | MAR | 7:50,54 | ||
| 9 | Anacleto Jiménez | ESP | 7:52,55 | ||
| 10 | Sergey Drygin | RUS | 7:56,38 | ||
| 11 | Saïd Chébili | FRA | 7:58,57 | ||
| 12 | Massimo Pegoretti | ITA | 8:10,49 |